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Hi - My name is Katherine Fitzgerald, but I go by Katie most of the time. I'm a 19 year old second year Anthro major. I come from a pretty big family, I have 4 siblings: one older brother and one older sister and one younger brother and one younger sister, so I'm the middle child. There's a pretty big age difference in my family - the oldest is 25 and the youngest is 6, so it was pretty fun growing up with all ages of siblings. My family is pretty fun, but a little crazy sometimes - like when I started dating my current boyfriend, who is Japanese, my mom started sending me things like a rice maker, bamboo apartment decorations, and a "music of Okinawa" CD. I grew up in Lake Elizabeth, CA which is a really small town about two hours north of UCI. Growing up I went to public school, had a brief stint in home school because it was faster, and then went to private, Catholic high school. In high school I was on the varsity cross country team, but honestly I hated every second of it and I only did it to get the jacket, and I still hate running. I do like tennis, though. I think I'll probably be a teacher when I grow up, although I used to want to be a lawyer. I decided if I did I probably wouldn't have enough time for family and all that, so now it looks like teaching is what I'll do. I was raised Catholic, which probably had a lot to do with my political leanings. I've always been pretty conservative, but I think any 19 year old ( i.e. me) who thinks they know the way everything should be in the world is mistaken. I hate when people get so heated about political issues that they attack anyone with different ideas. There's been a lot of that going on for a while now. I also hate when people make light of serious situations(i.e. I think if you have a problem with the president, its much more effective to say why you disagree with his foreign policy than to call him a "retard." ) That being said, I never had a friend in high school who had the same beliefs as me, and my extended family is all very liberal, so I have really learned that you shouldn't choose to like people or not based on their politics.